hurt
by jianborromeo

Comment:
I don't mind the blur. Initial reaction was "yeah, I've felt that way." Second reaction was "wait, what exactly happened?" I can see the title being a reference to the phone (?) being broken, but the reaction of the female doesn't quite match. The pose isn't really one of physical pain, but I don't quite get emotional pain either. I could see this being more along the lines of anger, or a temper tantrum, or some quick loss of control... but not really "hurt".

The texture in the foreground is good, despite being OOF. I wouldn't mind seeing a tad more low end contrast. Cropping feels right (almost, just get the toe in there)

overall, 6

Delumination
by Marfun

Comment:
Pondered this one for like 5 minutes, just trying to interpret it, and understand its relationship in the challenge. At first I was hesitant- It felt like it was the entire lamp with just a blacked out rod, but I see now that isn't the case. Here's what I like and dislike about this photo:

like: good optical illusion, good exposure, not flat feeling, creative.

like less:feels heavily cropped at the top, and excessively spacious on the sides. I don't care much for the blue bulb combined with the warm lamp base and shade. I'm not sold on the weird sparklies (that's the correct term, right?) that are being illuminated. It gives it a fairy tale, or illustrative feeling, and the rest of the image doesn't quite convey that same mood.

dismantled zebra
by strechrt

Comment:
The way these are positioned vertically reminds me of makeup photography, specifically mascara.

Overall, it feels a bit oddly composed, mainly due to the ink canister in the center. It causes everything to be so spread out from each other, and following the leading line it gives shoots you off into space. I think I'd like to see this bumped up a bit in exposure, on my screen the blacks tend to recede into nothingness.

DryErase
by kostyan5

Comment:
Perfect depth of field, and the color of the red is so wonderful. I love the texture around the edges of the pool, and how it seems to be slightly darker there. I don't terribly care for the blue cast, but if it changes the red color to something else, I can totally see why you would keep it. Lined paper seems like an odd choice, but it adds more to the image than if it were isolated on white alone.

I don't know. I'm trying to nit pick, but I really can't find much. In the spirit of disassembling things, I wish it had more than three parts. Also, come up with a better title. 8 from me.

Pieces behind the Whole
by tmh6202

Comment:
Woah, Cooties on Crack. Especially that googly eyed one in the back.

cropping is tight, I don't mind that. I wish there was a bit more focus in the foreground. The glowing lime green in the back draws my eye off everything very quickly.

On black these things seem kinda creepy/not fun. I think another color that played off the playfulness and still isolates the object would have been better.

No Disassemble
by hernan43

Comment:
This would have more expression without the two "cheek" pieces. I think I would have placed them on the "eyes" as pupils. With the expression of the eyebrow how it is, it would have given the impression of a wink.

Formally, I think the gradation in the lighting is a bit distracting towards the bottom since the drive itself is also so dark. I think this could benefit from 1 more light source.

Mobilebots...
by jazul02

Comment:
Seeing these phones disassembled makes me want to smash them into little bits and pieces, not sure why.

I think this could have been taken further, it seems almost default. I can see this being an awesome shot if you reassembled the phone, and then used a saw to cut it in half lengthwise. As is, the composition isn't doing much, it's kind of hard to see any real detail. The depth of field makes you focus more on the granite texture more so than the phone components.

2 old lenses in pieces
by garryyoung

Comment:
Beautifully low key. Good exposure and highlight/flare control. The dust on the lens (filter?) made me wipe my monitor. In this show, I find the reflections to be a bit distracting. They're so sharp and in some ways, keep me from being able to settle down and enjoy where the objects start/end.

Torn to bits
by Neat

Comment:
I think I would have liked this more if I had to guess more at what the original shape was. It could have been an interesting commentary on analog vs digital if you were to place everything and position in a more logical or straightforward manner? Maybe Largest to smallest, or separated by color shifts/tones?

Aircraft Engine Disassembled
by MrHllywd07

Comment:
Can't be an aircraft engine, it's missing the doohickey that plugs into the watchamacallit.

Grain is lovely. Lighting, composition, tones, cropping... everything in this is perfect. My one nit pick, and really, it is a nitpick, is that it doesn't actually feel disassembled. It just feels exposed... similarly to if one were to open up a hard drive bay, or clock face. 9. My highest of the challenge.